Finland elections 18 March

[Bono]

Current parliament composition is
Finnish Centre, (agrarian-) liberal 55 seats
Finnish Social Democratic Party, social-dem. 53 seats
National Coalition Party, (liberal-) conserv. 40 seats
Left Alliance, socialist 19 seats
Green Alliance, green 14 seats
Finnish Christian Democrats, christian-dem. 7 seats
Swedish People's Party in Finland, (liberal-) ethnic/swedish 8 seats
True Finns, (agrarian-) nationalist 3 seats
Representative from Aland 1 seats

Government is formed by the FC. the FSDP and the SPPF.

Anyone got any polls?

[Bono]

The party has traditionally been very supportive for non decentralisation

Don't you mean either for decentralization or non-centralization?

[Bono]

www.yle.fi/news/election/id55939.html

With 44.3% of votes counted:
Centre Party: 26.1

Social Democratic Party: 22.2

National Coalition Party: 21.0

Left Alliance: 9.2

Green League: 6.3

Christian Democrats: 4.9

Swedish People's Party: 4.0

True Finns: 3.7

[Bono]

www.yle.fi/news/election/id55939.html

With 94.5% of votes counted.

Centre Party: 23.8

National Coalition Party: 21.9

Social Democratic Party: 21.6

Left Alliance: 8.9

Green League: 8.0

Christian Democrats: 4.9

Swedish People's Party: 4.5

True Finns: 4.0

[Bono]

Last minute spike by the coalition there.
Anyone know how this will translate in terms of seats?

[Bono]

With 97.15% of the votes counted:

Centre Party: 23.5

National Coalition Party: 22.0

Social Democratic Party: 21.5

Left Alliance: 8.9

Green League: 8.2

Christian Democrats: 4.9

Swedish People's Party: 4.5

True Finns: 4.0

[Bono]

Final results, with 100% of votes counted:
Centre Party: 23.1

National Coalition Party: 22.3

Social Democratic Party: 21.4

Left Alliance: 8.8

Green League: 8.5

Christian Democrats: 4.9

Swedish People's Party: 4.5

True Finns: 4.0

[Bono]

A possible Center-Right coalition could now be formed:

Centre Party + National Coalition Party + Swedish Peoples Party + Greens

The greens are center right?
Anyway, what's the need to bring the greens into it, the others have an absolute majority without them.

[Bono]

Thanks, but I cannot switch the colors though - I would have to remake the map.  I just have to remember the parties' colors next time.

Btw, can you, as a Finn, explain why the Center Party is so popular in the countryside and the National Coalition Party's geography is like a mirror reflection of the CP's geography?

Nice map, please switch the SFP (obviously yellow) and Left wing alliance (should be some shade of red) colors .

I'm not a Finn, but I'll have a go. The Center Party is in its origins an agrarian party, and strongly supports decentralization, which is popular in the rural areas.